Commentüs on: VERY Last Minute Shopping Ideas For The Person Who Has Everything… http://blog.ancient-future.net/2007/12/22/very-last-minute-shopping-ideas-for-the-person-who-has-everything/ The Ancient and Future Catholic Blog Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:38:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU hourly 1 By: A Simple Sinner http://blog.ancient-future.net/2007/12/22/very-last-minute-shopping-ideas-for-the-person-who-has-everything/#comment-1460 A Simple Sinner Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:37:00 +0000 http://perchristumblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/very-last-minute-shopping-ideas-for-the-person-who-has-everything/#comment-1460 Rob, I personally envision a smackdown between Jesus backed by I-3 & <a HREF="http://www.toypresidents.com/images/full/pope_figure.jpg" REL="nofollow">JP-2</a> against Hordak, Skeletor and <a HREF="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/7/7f/Megatron.jpg" REL="nofollow">Megatron</a>... Maybe that's just me. Rob, I personally envision a smackdown between Jesus backed by I-3 & JP-2 against Hordak, Skeletor and Megatron… Maybe that’s just me.

]]> By: Rob http://blog.ancient-future.net/2007/12/22/very-last-minute-shopping-ideas-for-the-person-who-has-everything/#comment-1459 Rob Sat, 22 Dec 2007 15:06:00 +0000 http://perchristumblog.wordpress.com/2007/12/22/very-last-minute-shopping-ideas-for-the-person-who-has-everything/#comment-1459 As a kid, I could never resist hybridization of scenarios with my action toys. GI Joe had some awesome wars with the Transformers and my hordes of WW-II era US army men frequently went toe-to-toe with a number of stuffed monkeys who threatened US world-hegemony.<br/><br/>I wonder what kids will do with these figures? Will a Fundamentalist Jesus with a literal sword-for-a-tongue descend from Heaven and cut through wave after wave of blue-gray Nazi stormtroopers? Will Pope Innocent III take a break from approving mendicant orders in order to fend off the menace of Destro and Cobra? Or, TV having taken its toll on their imaginations, will the youth of today simply resort to making bear-noises and smacking bobble-head Jesus against bobble-head Satan? As a kid, I could never resist hybridization of scenarios with my action toys. GI Joe had some awesome wars with the Transformers and my hordes of WW-II era US army men frequently went toe-to-toe with a number of stuffed monkeys who threatened US world-hegemony.

I wonder what kids will do with these figures? Will a Fundamentalist Jesus with a literal sword-for-a-tongue descend from Heaven and cut through wave after wave of blue-gray Nazi stormtroopers? Will Pope Innocent III take a break from approving mendicant orders in order to fend off the menace of Destro and Cobra? Or, TV having taken its toll on their imaginations, will the youth of today simply resort to making bear-noises and smacking bobble-head Jesus against bobble-head Satan?

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